Poetry · Character
Sinon
A Greek who tricked Troy with the wooden horse, used as a metaphor by Lucrece.
minor
First appearance: the rape of lucrece
Sinon's tie to Priam is one of the pressures that moves Poetry—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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With Priam (psychological): Priam is deceived by Sinon's false tale of the Trojan Horse, representing tragic gullibility and betrayal. With Tarquin (psychological): Sinon is a figure of deceit whom Lucrece compares to…
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Relationship types
- Psychological
Character groups
- Trojan War Figures
- Roman Political Figures
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Priam
psychological · negative
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- Tarquin
psychological · negative
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